American Horror Stories (2021–…): Season 2, Episode 2 - Necro - full transcript
There we go. That's it.
Who is it?
In today's world,
knowledge can mean
the difference between life
and tragedy.
Introducing Aura
your eye on the world.
The security and peace of mind you deserve.
Delivery for Ms. Bryant.
Oh, those are beautiful!
I'm just cooking for my boys
right now.
Could you please leave them
by the door for me?
- Sure thing.
- Thank you so much.
Have a lovely day.
Choose Aura.
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all-vision UltraSense technology
that can see
what your eyes can't.
So you'll always know
who's at the door.
It's cheap.
Sorry?
Price might look steep,
but it's a bargain.
- You have one?
- Best money I ever spent.
Me and the wife
sleep like babies now.
I don't know. It, uh...
It... just seems
a little paranoid.
Maybe 50 years ago. Back then,
someone knocks
on your door after 6:00,
"Hey! We got company.
How nice."
Nowadays, you hear that knock
it's a maniac there
to cut your throat.
Hey, honey.
"Aura."
What's this?
Uh, um,
you know,
with everything going on
I just thought
it'd be a good idea.
It was on sale.
On sale for $200?
They're popular now.
Everyone has one.
Jaslyn, you wanted to move into
a gated community and we did.
There's no crime here,
not even porch pirates.
And you want to know why?
We write a check
to the homeowners' association
to pay for the security guards
out at the gate.
Now, I get that you want to be
secure, but, at the same time...
I really think
you just want me to feel guilty
because I felt safer
moving out here.
- Hang on...
- Sorry I have anxiety, okay?
And I'm sorry it takes you
a little longer to get to work.
I don't want you to feel guilty.
I was just pointing out
that we're on a budget,
and this is $200
that was not a part of the plan.
I know. It...
My store goes live this week,
okay?
I can cover it.
I'll get us back on the plan.
Look, I'm sorry
if that sounded, uh...
What happened to you as a kid...
I can't imagine
what that must have been like.
But at the same time...
I believe that there are two
types of people in this world...
The ones that plan their lives
- and the ones who serve the ones...
- And the ones who serve the ones
- that plans their lives.
- That plan their lives.
- That's right.
- Yes, I've heard it before.
I don't need Tony Robbins.
I need my husband.
'Kay.
I'm gonna go get my tool kit.
Thank you.
Who the hell are you?!
Here we go.
Bryce, look, come here.
I sold something.
- What? No.
- I sold something.
- Ah.
- Yeah.
What do you think?
Can I help you?
Yeah, I'm here
for the home invasion.
I was told it starts
around 3:00.
I asked you
to take it seriously.
Well, did it work or not?
Yes. A successful run-through.
- Thank you.
- Uh-huh. Except for one thing.
What?
Never open the door
for a home invader.
It's too late now. Don't you,
don't you run from me.
Ooh, it's too late to run now.
Ooh, I'm shaking.
Yeah, you better be.
Shit.
Almost forgot
I called a department meeting.
- Tonight?
- Yeah, look, I told you things would get crazy
if I made supervisor.
My team is a train wreck on
its way to being a cluster fuck.
Cluttered workstations,
outdated headers
on sales reports,
emails written
in the wrong formats...
Well, that sounds like
the end of the world.
Yeah, and you sound like
the woman who I fired last week
who said that I was OCD.
Which, by the way, it's not OCD
to want things done correctly.
- Okay.
- All right. Well, don't wait up.
I'll try to be back soon.
Bye.
Fuck.
Hello?
You're safe now.
Hello?
Mm.
Hello, Jaslyn.
Open the door.
What do you want?
I need to see you, Jaslyn.
Please, open the door.
I'm not opening anything.
You need to leave, okay?
Let me in, Jaslyn. Let me in now.
Just open the door.
You don't need to be afraid.
I'm-I'm calling the police
if you don't leave.
The police have nothing to do
with this.
Please. It's cold out here.
Jaslyn.
Please.
I'm calling the cops right now!
Open the door.
Jaslyn. Jaslyn...
Open the door for me.
Hello, hello. I... No, you need
to send someone immediately.
- Someone's trying to get in my house.
- I'm not crazy...
- They're trying to get in! Please hurry!
- Just let me in,
- Send someone right now!
- Sweet Jaslyn.
Please! He's getting in here!
No, I d... I don't
know what he wanted.
He-he wouldn't say.
He wouldn't say what he wanted.
He just kept telling me
to let him in.
And you're sure you've
never seen this man before?
No, no. Not ever. No.
- Oh, my God.
- Oh.
- Are you okay?
- Yeah, I'm fine.
Thank God we installed
that stupid thing.
Can you imagine
if you had opened the door?
I'm okay.
- Uh, knock, knock.
- Who are you?
- Oh, I'm Hwan. I live next door.
- Yeah, no, he's...
- He's cool. Come on in, Hwan.
- Uh...
Hey, guys, uh, I was talking
to Frank across the street
who told me what happened...
Freaky-deaky stuff.
Anyway, I wanted you to know
that I installed
a security camera
over our garage last month.
Pretty sure it has
a view of your front door.
See there?
That's your front door.
You said this dude showed up
an hour ago?
- Yeah.
- Okay.
This is an hour ago. Uh...
I'll speed ahead.
Okay. That's me.
The raccoon... He-he was, he was
just like a little bit after.
Wha...
- Is-is this the right recording?
- Uh, it's the only recording.
Well, there was the
raccoon and-and then the police, so
this must be the right video.
I don't get it. Where is he?
And you say the Aura app
didn't record anything, either?
No. Nothing.
Even though it's supposed to?
Well, I didn't make this up.
No one's saying you did.
Is it possible you fell asleep
and had a bad dream?
No! No, I know the difference
between a dream and
something that really ha... It...
It wasn't a dream.
He was there.
Well, ma'am, we have
a description of the man,
which we can feed
into the system,
see if it matches any
other cases, but beyond that,
- there's not much more we can do at this point.
- Best advice,
keep your doors locked
and go on with your lives.
If he comes back, call us.
Uh...
Listen, I don't want you
to bite my head off, but...
I think the police may
have a point.
You know, we're this new place,
you're starting a business,
it's... it's a lot of stress.
I'm wigging out
about my new position.
That can't be helping,
and on top of it all,
there's what happened to you
when you were a kid.
I just can't stop seeing him
in front of my bed.
That fucking mask on.
My parents tied up with
those ropes in their mouths.
Hey, listen, I know
that it's not part of the plan,
but if you want
to start seeing someone again,
- we can totally make that work.
- I don't, I don't...
I don't need to see someone.
I'm fine.
Just had a bad night.
So you agree then
that it was probably a dream.
I guess it had to be.
Yeah.
Okay.
Good night.
Here's
Williams with a three-pointer,
answering for Eastern...
Hey, Jas, uh...
You don't have to keep
checking the app.
I thought I felt it ding.
I thought maybe
the raccoon was back.
Yeah, that is one home invader
that you do not have
to worry about anymore.
Why not?
I put out some Bait Block
last week.
It's supposed to work
for rats and mice,
but it should work
for raccoons, too.
- You poisoned him?
- Yeah, I poisoned him.
A raccoon is basically
just like a big rat.
Wha... It was making a mess
everywhere.
Not only here
but all around the neighborhood.
Okay, so he made a mess.
He deserved to die?
- He was really cute.
- I'm not the first person on the planet
to kill a household pest.
Maybe it didn't die.
He's back.
Who? The raccoon?
Him.
This is the guy.
That's him.
Holy shit.
- That's really him?
- Yeah.
It wasn't a dream.
Okay, okay. All right. Uh.
Hey, man, uh...
Wh-What are you,
what are you doing here?
What do you want?
- Hello?
- Jaslyn.
- Sweet Jaslyn.
- - Hey, asshole.
You better get the fuck
out of here.
Please open the door.
I-I want to see Jaslyn.
I need to see Jaslyn.
My sweet Jaslyn.
- Okay.
- Where are you going?
What are you doing?
Bryce, where are you going?
Where do you think I'm going?
Stay here.
What? Do not open...
Do not open the door.
Stop!
Something really weird
is happening.
All right. Hold on.
- Hey.
- Hey, Hwan.
Can you check
your security cameras?
This asshole is back
outside of our house.
One sec.
Don't see anyone, man.
There's no one there.
- You sure?
- I'm staring at your front door right now.
It's unoccupied.
What's going on?
You guys okay, or what?
Uh... Yeah, no, no,
uh, we're fine.
It's nothing.
He says there's no one
out there.
Why would you tell him that
we're fine when we're not?
We need to call the police.
The guy is...
He's gone.
Yeah. Fuck this.
Son of a bitch.
I know what this is.
Goddamn it.
Think about it.
We only ever see this guy
over the app,
- and the app is connected to our Wi-Fi.
- So?
So someone must've
hacked into it.
It's a prank, Jas.
Some basement-dwelling hacker
is doing this.
No, when I was alone,
I heard his voice come
through the door.
The doorknob was turning.
How could it be hackers, Bryce?
I don't know, Jas.
It's the only explanation,
though. Think about it.
I'm sure this happens to people
all the time.
Google "Aura pranks," okay?
I'm sure a bunch of shit
will come up.
This is the dumbest.
I'm not gonna hurt you.
I'm just gonna tie you up,
rape you and cut your head off
with a kitchen knife.
That's all.
Or maybe I'll kill you first.
And then rape you,
cut you into little pieces.
Jesus, Bryce.
Good run today.
Got 15 miles in.
What are you watching?
Uh, I Googled "Aura pranks."
And I'll just eat them
one by one.
Sounds like a prank
if I ever heard one.
Well, the woman that posted it
claims it's not a prank.
She said that this guy just...
He kept showing up on her Aura,
and when they would
open the door, he'd be gone.
Well, otherwise known
as a prank.
They arrested someone
that looks just like him,
and he was on
the sex offenders registry.
Stop. Stop. Jas, listen to me.
I rebooted the system.
I changed the passwords.
I'll bet you a blow job you
don't have any more visitors.
- Wow, Bryce.
- What? Okay, fine.
I'll bet you something else.
I've realized something
about the Aura guy...
- Our Aura guy.
- Okay.
Okay, um...
When I was at Jackson High,
we had this janitor,
Mr. Hendricks.
He was pretty strange.
He was always
talking to himself.
I said hi to him once.
You know, like,
"Good morning, Mr. Hendricks.
"You look nice," trying to get
my friends to laugh.
But he took me seriously.
And then he was just kind of
all about me.
He was always looking at me
and smiling,
and he put candy in my locker.
And he even polished my desk.
I used to find these love notes.
He would always sign it,
"To my sweet Jaslyn."
And then,
Mr. Hendricks was just gone.
But then we heard a rumor
that he was in an institution.
You don't think that's the guy
from the front door, do you?
Bryce.
"To my sweet Jaslyn."
That doesn't sound familiar
to you?
That's just like the guy
at our door.
He even looked like Hendricks,
honestly.
Uh, well, he couldn't've looked
that much like him.
You just recognized him now.
Well, it's been 20 years,
but I...
- I'm sure it's him.
- Okay, Jas.
Jas, just stop, please. Look.
There's nobody really
at the door.
So even if it looked
like Hendricks
or sounded like Hendricks,
it wasn't Hendricks
because it wasn't anybody.
It was just a dumb prank.
If you start obsessing
over this,
it's just gonna mess up
your head,
and it's gonna make you
go crazy.
All right.
I'm gonna go shower.
Jas.
I'm so sorry
to bother you at home,
but I couldn't find
a phone number.
My name is Jaslyn Taylor.
I went to Jackson High when
your brother was working there.
I'm arranging a reunion
for the Alumni Association,
and I couldn't find
anything on him on the Internet
or social media,
so I thought I'd take a chance
and, uh,
I was wondering if you could
point me in the right direction.
I wanted your brother
to receive an invitation.
A lot of the old staff
and alumni will be there,
and I think that
they would love to see him.
I know I would.
Wish I could help you,
but I don't know
where my brother is.
Oh...
Look, Dayle lived here
ever since he lost the job
at the high school.
And then a few months ago,
he took off.
Didn't even say goodbye.
So, you don't know
where he is now?
Not a clue.
It's not the first time
he's disappeared on me.
I've gotten used to it.
He's never really here
when he's here.
It's probably the computers.
He's into computers.
Oh, all day and all night.
He'd sit there hunched
with his headphones.
A week would go by,
couldn't get a word out of him.
You wouldn't happen to have
a recent picture of Dayle,
would you?
There's a book to go along
with the reunion,
and there's a page for staff and
it'd be great to include him.
See what we got in here.
You know,
you-you might look down there.
- Is...
- That's all I got.
Never was one for family photos.
It's him. I'm sure of it.
And this guy was a computer nut?
Of course he was the one
who hacked into the Aura.
I cannot believe that this guy
is still obsessed with you.
I also can't believe
that you went to his house.
Yeah, I went to the house.
I had to make sure
I wasn't crazy.
Look, I'm gonna talk to patrol
tomorrow,
and I'm gonna get them
up to speed on all this.
- Okay?
- When you coming home?
I don't know, uh...
Not for at least another hour.
Don't make anything for me,
okay?
I'll pick up something
on the way home.
- I love you.
- Love you, too.
Open the door, Jaslyn.
I know you're in there.
I have to see you.
Please, Jaslyn. Open the door.
Mr. Hendr...
Dayle, what do you want?
I want you to stop being afraid
of me and open the door.
What will happen if I do that?
I'll get to see you
again. That's all.
That's all?
That's all.
Thank you for letting me in,
Jaslyn.
All you had to do was
open the door.
But I'm sorry, I...
I lied to you.
- What was the lie?
- I'm...
I'm not just here to see you.
I want
more than that.
What do you want?
I want...
I want...
I want to
to say I'm sorry.
You're sorry?
For what I did to you
in high school. I...
I convinced myself
that I loved you,
and I-I... I didn't know
how to deal with that.
I made you feel unsafe,
and scared.
I'm here to say I'm sorry.
That's what you wanted?
To say you're sorry?
I'm not asking you
to forgive me.
I just wanted you to hear me.
Dayle.
I wasn't the greatest
in high school.
My friends and I
made fun of you.
We were... we were mean to you.
I'm sorry.
Maybe we can forgive each other.
And in other news,
a missing person's case
has reached a sad conclusion.
Dayle Hendricks had been missing
for just over two months.
Police say his body was
discovered floating
just south of the I-40 overpass,
where it's presumed he took his own life.
Hello?
Hey.
- What're you watching?
- Local news.
- How was your day?
- It was good.
Finally getting this department
in shape.
You know, starting to get
with the plan.
How about you?
You have any more encounters?
No.
I guess you were right.
It was all quiet.
Yeah, see that? Problem solved.
Little reboot,
little change of password.
Little raccoon poison.
- I'm never gonna live this down, huh?
- Never.
What, I got to make a donation
to an animal shelter?
That'd be nice, you murderer.
Hello? Hello?
What is this now?
Please, I'm scared,
and I don't know where I am.
Who is this?
Are you okay?
What happened to you?
I was...
I was at the-the park,
Grace Park,
and s-something happened,
I can't remember.
I can't remember any more.
Please let me in.
- Let me in.
- You know what? Enough of this shit.
This ends here. Whoever's
doing this can fuck off.
You can't you tell that
this is another goddamn prank?
Hey. We're not playing
your goddamn game here.
You understand me?
Just die in whatever
fucking basement you live in.
Oh, my God.
That is not how you...
She's gone.
- Wait, she's gone.
- She's gone.
What are you doing?
Killing our fucking warranty
is what I'm doing.
Look, I know
you want to be safe,
but you're gonna have to be okay
with the security guards
out in the booth.
- We need to talk.
- Uh, yeah, sure.
- Let me just finish reading...
- Finish it later.
Okay.
I drove out to Grace Park today.
I happened upon a memorial
for Mary Jeane Burkett.
I don't know who that is.
She was killed in a hit-and-run.
The driver was drunk,
and he's in prison for 15 years.
Okay, uh, it's terrible.
Um...
why're you telling me this?
I'm telling you this
because Mary Jeane Burkett
is who showed up
at our door yesterday.
And I know
she didn't come here for me,
so she must've come here
for you.
Okay, why are we still talking
about the stupid video doorbell?
I did some research
in the Aura chat rooms,
and this has happened
to other people.
There's a theory
that the new camera
is...
Okay, you know what?
Just watch this.
Now, try to stay
with me. These cameras use
spontaneous parametric
down-conversion,
which is a form
of quantum entanglement.
That's why they can detect light
at only a few photons
- per pixel.
- What is this guy even talking about?
- Just listen.
- Some people say that, - by punching
into the quantum realm,
these babies act
as a magnet for spirits.
That's right.
The dead.
And if you watch
any ghost hunting shows,
you know ghosts are basically
electromagnetic fields.
That's why you see these hunters
running around
with their EMF detectors.
And that, my friends,
is exactly what the Aura is.
I mean, come on.
Ghosts and ghost meters?
Is anything this guy's saying
supposed to make sense?
The other day, when you asked
if there was any more activity
on the Aura,
I said no.
I lied to you.
Mr. Hendricks came back.
And I let him in.
Oh, Jas, come on.
You did what?
He didn't want to hurt me.
He just wanted to apologize.
D...
He just wanted to apologize?
- I don't...
- Yeah.
Just that.
Just sorry.
Okay.
So if that's
if that's what did happen,
um.
Why, then
are we talking about ghosts?
Because Mr. Hendricks
was already dead when he came.
He jumped in a river weeks ago.
Look, Mr. Hendricks
came here for a reason.
And so did Mary Jeane Burkett.
And you need to tell me
what that reason is.
I don't know.
You didn't kill her,
so what does she want with you?
I don't know, Jas.
I don't know who she is
and I don't believe in ghosts
and I really can't believe
that you do.
And it is
so utterly disappointing
that you would let this
disrupt our lives.
What was that?
She's back.
I fished the Aura out
of the trash and I put it back.
It's cracked,
but it still works.
Hello?
Please open the door.
Bryce, what does she want?
I don't... I don't know.
You don't know?
- Okay, I'll ask her then.
- I don't... I don't know what she wants!
- - Who is she?
- I don't know
what she wants.
I don't know who she is.
Who the fuck
is Mary Jeane Burkett?!
Oh, my God. I don't know!
She was my fiancée!
I'm sorry.
I should've told you sooner,
but I just...
I never had the words.
The night that she was killed,
we were at the park.
It was a place we liked to go.
That's where I broke it off.
There were probably
a million reasons, but...
I just wasn't ready.
I didn't think she was the one.
She got angry.
She told me
she never wanted to see me again
and that she would walk home.
So I left. I drove away.
It haunts me every day.
And I know... and-and I know
it doesn't seem that way
because I do a good job
of holding it all in,
but-but
it does, Jas.
She probably just wants
to forgive you.
She probably wants to tell you
that it's not your fault.
I don't think so.
Please, Bryce.
Please, let me in.
Bryce,
don't be afraid.
Bryce, we need to find out what she wants.
She gone?
No, Bryce,
she's not.
Look at him, Bryce.
He was gonna be your son.
What is she talking about,
Bryce?
Tell her, Bryce.
Tell her the truth.
Oh, man. I'm tired.
She was pregnant.
What was I supposed to do?
Couldn't let that happen.
- Neither one of us!
- Why are you fucking yelling at me?!
- Get rid of it!
- Stop it, Bryce!
- Where are you going?
- Can't fucking do this. Where am I going?!
- I don't know...
- Wait, where are you going?
- Stop.
- What are you doing?! Why are you holding me so tight?
- We need to end this. Now.
- We need to end what?
- Bryce, you're hurting me! Stop.
- Stop! Enough! En...
Help!
- Help!
- Please, baby.
Help me. Help me.
Help.
Bryce.
Help. Help.
Help, Bry...
Help.
Please, baby.
Help me. Help me.
Help.
Bryce.
Shh. It's okay, it's okay.
I'm sorry.
It was a baby, Jas.
I couldn't allow that.
Wasn't in the plan.
Oh.
And now neither are you.
You're right, Bryce.
She's not here to forgive you.
Okay.
You're right
about the thermostat.
- Mm.
- I'll get a repairman up here first thing tomorrow.
- Wonderful.
- By the way,
I took the liberty
of installing your Aura
before I came in.
I didn't ask you for that.
Everyone in the building
gets 'em.
It's in the contract.
Keeps the insurance rates down.
Hey, Jas?
Open the door, Jas. It's me.
Look, I know...
I know you're in there.
I just want to talk,
so let me in.
Fuck off, Bryce!
Oh, I can't do that.
Just want to have a word
with my wife.
We need to talk about the plan.
Let me the fuck in, Jas!
Let me the fuck in!
Open the door!
You're my fucking wife!
You answer to me!
You'll never get away from me!
You understand me?! Never!
Open the fucking door!
Jaslyn!
Captioned by
Media Access Group at WGBH
Who is it?
In today's world,
knowledge can mean
the difference between life
and tragedy.
Introducing Aura
your eye on the world.
The security and peace of mind you deserve.
Delivery for Ms. Bryant.
Oh, those are beautiful!
I'm just cooking for my boys
right now.
Could you please leave them
by the door for me?
- Sure thing.
- Thank you so much.
Have a lovely day.
Choose Aura.
Now with powerful
all-vision UltraSense technology
that can see
what your eyes can't.
So you'll always know
who's at the door.
It's cheap.
Sorry?
Price might look steep,
but it's a bargain.
- You have one?
- Best money I ever spent.
Me and the wife
sleep like babies now.
I don't know. It, uh...
It... just seems
a little paranoid.
Maybe 50 years ago. Back then,
someone knocks
on your door after 6:00,
"Hey! We got company.
How nice."
Nowadays, you hear that knock
it's a maniac there
to cut your throat.
Hey, honey.
"Aura."
What's this?
Uh, um,
you know,
with everything going on
I just thought
it'd be a good idea.
It was on sale.
On sale for $200?
They're popular now.
Everyone has one.
Jaslyn, you wanted to move into
a gated community and we did.
There's no crime here,
not even porch pirates.
And you want to know why?
We write a check
to the homeowners' association
to pay for the security guards
out at the gate.
Now, I get that you want to be
secure, but, at the same time...
I really think
you just want me to feel guilty
because I felt safer
moving out here.
- Hang on...
- Sorry I have anxiety, okay?
And I'm sorry it takes you
a little longer to get to work.
I don't want you to feel guilty.
I was just pointing out
that we're on a budget,
and this is $200
that was not a part of the plan.
I know. It...
My store goes live this week,
okay?
I can cover it.
I'll get us back on the plan.
Look, I'm sorry
if that sounded, uh...
What happened to you as a kid...
I can't imagine
what that must have been like.
But at the same time...
I believe that there are two
types of people in this world...
The ones that plan their lives
- and the ones who serve the ones...
- And the ones who serve the ones
- that plans their lives.
- That plan their lives.
- That's right.
- Yes, I've heard it before.
I don't need Tony Robbins.
I need my husband.
'Kay.
I'm gonna go get my tool kit.
Thank you.
Who the hell are you?!
Here we go.
Bryce, look, come here.
I sold something.
- What? No.
- I sold something.
- Ah.
- Yeah.
What do you think?
Can I help you?
Yeah, I'm here
for the home invasion.
I was told it starts
around 3:00.
I asked you
to take it seriously.
Well, did it work or not?
Yes. A successful run-through.
- Thank you.
- Uh-huh. Except for one thing.
What?
Never open the door
for a home invader.
It's too late now. Don't you,
don't you run from me.
Ooh, it's too late to run now.
Ooh, I'm shaking.
Yeah, you better be.
Shit.
Almost forgot
I called a department meeting.
- Tonight?
- Yeah, look, I told you things would get crazy
if I made supervisor.
My team is a train wreck on
its way to being a cluster fuck.
Cluttered workstations,
outdated headers
on sales reports,
emails written
in the wrong formats...
Well, that sounds like
the end of the world.
Yeah, and you sound like
the woman who I fired last week
who said that I was OCD.
Which, by the way, it's not OCD
to want things done correctly.
- Okay.
- All right. Well, don't wait up.
I'll try to be back soon.
Bye.
Fuck.
Hello?
You're safe now.
Hello?
Mm.
Hello, Jaslyn.
Open the door.
What do you want?
I need to see you, Jaslyn.
Please, open the door.
I'm not opening anything.
You need to leave, okay?
Let me in, Jaslyn. Let me in now.
Just open the door.
You don't need to be afraid.
I'm-I'm calling the police
if you don't leave.
The police have nothing to do
with this.
Please. It's cold out here.
Jaslyn.
Please.
I'm calling the cops right now!
Open the door.
Jaslyn. Jaslyn...
Open the door for me.
Hello, hello. I... No, you need
to send someone immediately.
- Someone's trying to get in my house.
- I'm not crazy...
- They're trying to get in! Please hurry!
- Just let me in,
- Send someone right now!
- Sweet Jaslyn.
Please! He's getting in here!
No, I d... I don't
know what he wanted.
He-he wouldn't say.
He wouldn't say what he wanted.
He just kept telling me
to let him in.
And you're sure you've
never seen this man before?
No, no. Not ever. No.
- Oh, my God.
- Oh.
- Are you okay?
- Yeah, I'm fine.
Thank God we installed
that stupid thing.
Can you imagine
if you had opened the door?
I'm okay.
- Uh, knock, knock.
- Who are you?
- Oh, I'm Hwan. I live next door.
- Yeah, no, he's...
- He's cool. Come on in, Hwan.
- Uh...
Hey, guys, uh, I was talking
to Frank across the street
who told me what happened...
Freaky-deaky stuff.
Anyway, I wanted you to know
that I installed
a security camera
over our garage last month.
Pretty sure it has
a view of your front door.
See there?
That's your front door.
You said this dude showed up
an hour ago?
- Yeah.
- Okay.
This is an hour ago. Uh...
I'll speed ahead.
Okay. That's me.
The raccoon... He-he was, he was
just like a little bit after.
Wha...
- Is-is this the right recording?
- Uh, it's the only recording.
Well, there was the
raccoon and-and then the police, so
this must be the right video.
I don't get it. Where is he?
And you say the Aura app
didn't record anything, either?
No. Nothing.
Even though it's supposed to?
Well, I didn't make this up.
No one's saying you did.
Is it possible you fell asleep
and had a bad dream?
No! No, I know the difference
between a dream and
something that really ha... It...
It wasn't a dream.
He was there.
Well, ma'am, we have
a description of the man,
which we can feed
into the system,
see if it matches any
other cases, but beyond that,
- there's not much more we can do at this point.
- Best advice,
keep your doors locked
and go on with your lives.
If he comes back, call us.
Uh...
Listen, I don't want you
to bite my head off, but...
I think the police may
have a point.
You know, we're this new place,
you're starting a business,
it's... it's a lot of stress.
I'm wigging out
about my new position.
That can't be helping,
and on top of it all,
there's what happened to you
when you were a kid.
I just can't stop seeing him
in front of my bed.
That fucking mask on.
My parents tied up with
those ropes in their mouths.
Hey, listen, I know
that it's not part of the plan,
but if you want
to start seeing someone again,
- we can totally make that work.
- I don't, I don't...
I don't need to see someone.
I'm fine.
Just had a bad night.
So you agree then
that it was probably a dream.
I guess it had to be.
Yeah.
Okay.
Good night.
Here's
Williams with a three-pointer,
answering for Eastern...
Hey, Jas, uh...
You don't have to keep
checking the app.
I thought I felt it ding.
I thought maybe
the raccoon was back.
Yeah, that is one home invader
that you do not have
to worry about anymore.
Why not?
I put out some Bait Block
last week.
It's supposed to work
for rats and mice,
but it should work
for raccoons, too.
- You poisoned him?
- Yeah, I poisoned him.
A raccoon is basically
just like a big rat.
Wha... It was making a mess
everywhere.
Not only here
but all around the neighborhood.
Okay, so he made a mess.
He deserved to die?
- He was really cute.
- I'm not the first person on the planet
to kill a household pest.
Maybe it didn't die.
He's back.
Who? The raccoon?
Him.
This is the guy.
That's him.
Holy shit.
- That's really him?
- Yeah.
It wasn't a dream.
Okay, okay. All right. Uh.
Hey, man, uh...
Wh-What are you,
what are you doing here?
What do you want?
- Hello?
- Jaslyn.
- Sweet Jaslyn.
- - Hey, asshole.
You better get the fuck
out of here.
Please open the door.
I-I want to see Jaslyn.
I need to see Jaslyn.
My sweet Jaslyn.
- Okay.
- Where are you going?
What are you doing?
Bryce, where are you going?
Where do you think I'm going?
Stay here.
What? Do not open...
Do not open the door.
Stop!
Something really weird
is happening.
All right. Hold on.
- Hey.
- Hey, Hwan.
Can you check
your security cameras?
This asshole is back
outside of our house.
One sec.
Don't see anyone, man.
There's no one there.
- You sure?
- I'm staring at your front door right now.
It's unoccupied.
What's going on?
You guys okay, or what?
Uh... Yeah, no, no,
uh, we're fine.
It's nothing.
He says there's no one
out there.
Why would you tell him that
we're fine when we're not?
We need to call the police.
The guy is...
He's gone.
Yeah. Fuck this.
Son of a bitch.
I know what this is.
Goddamn it.
Think about it.
We only ever see this guy
over the app,
- and the app is connected to our Wi-Fi.
- So?
So someone must've
hacked into it.
It's a prank, Jas.
Some basement-dwelling hacker
is doing this.
No, when I was alone,
I heard his voice come
through the door.
The doorknob was turning.
How could it be hackers, Bryce?
I don't know, Jas.
It's the only explanation,
though. Think about it.
I'm sure this happens to people
all the time.
Google "Aura pranks," okay?
I'm sure a bunch of shit
will come up.
This is the dumbest.
I'm not gonna hurt you.
I'm just gonna tie you up,
rape you and cut your head off
with a kitchen knife.
That's all.
Or maybe I'll kill you first.
And then rape you,
cut you into little pieces.
Jesus, Bryce.
Good run today.
Got 15 miles in.
What are you watching?
Uh, I Googled "Aura pranks."
And I'll just eat them
one by one.
Sounds like a prank
if I ever heard one.
Well, the woman that posted it
claims it's not a prank.
She said that this guy just...
He kept showing up on her Aura,
and when they would
open the door, he'd be gone.
Well, otherwise known
as a prank.
They arrested someone
that looks just like him,
and he was on
the sex offenders registry.
Stop. Stop. Jas, listen to me.
I rebooted the system.
I changed the passwords.
I'll bet you a blow job you
don't have any more visitors.
- Wow, Bryce.
- What? Okay, fine.
I'll bet you something else.
I've realized something
about the Aura guy...
- Our Aura guy.
- Okay.
Okay, um...
When I was at Jackson High,
we had this janitor,
Mr. Hendricks.
He was pretty strange.
He was always
talking to himself.
I said hi to him once.
You know, like,
"Good morning, Mr. Hendricks.
"You look nice," trying to get
my friends to laugh.
But he took me seriously.
And then he was just kind of
all about me.
He was always looking at me
and smiling,
and he put candy in my locker.
And he even polished my desk.
I used to find these love notes.
He would always sign it,
"To my sweet Jaslyn."
And then,
Mr. Hendricks was just gone.
But then we heard a rumor
that he was in an institution.
You don't think that's the guy
from the front door, do you?
Bryce.
"To my sweet Jaslyn."
That doesn't sound familiar
to you?
That's just like the guy
at our door.
He even looked like Hendricks,
honestly.
Uh, well, he couldn't've looked
that much like him.
You just recognized him now.
Well, it's been 20 years,
but I...
- I'm sure it's him.
- Okay, Jas.
Jas, just stop, please. Look.
There's nobody really
at the door.
So even if it looked
like Hendricks
or sounded like Hendricks,
it wasn't Hendricks
because it wasn't anybody.
It was just a dumb prank.
If you start obsessing
over this,
it's just gonna mess up
your head,
and it's gonna make you
go crazy.
All right.
I'm gonna go shower.
Jas.
I'm so sorry
to bother you at home,
but I couldn't find
a phone number.
My name is Jaslyn Taylor.
I went to Jackson High when
your brother was working there.
I'm arranging a reunion
for the Alumni Association,
and I couldn't find
anything on him on the Internet
or social media,
so I thought I'd take a chance
and, uh,
I was wondering if you could
point me in the right direction.
I wanted your brother
to receive an invitation.
A lot of the old staff
and alumni will be there,
and I think that
they would love to see him.
I know I would.
Wish I could help you,
but I don't know
where my brother is.
Oh...
Look, Dayle lived here
ever since he lost the job
at the high school.
And then a few months ago,
he took off.
Didn't even say goodbye.
So, you don't know
where he is now?
Not a clue.
It's not the first time
he's disappeared on me.
I've gotten used to it.
He's never really here
when he's here.
It's probably the computers.
He's into computers.
Oh, all day and all night.
He'd sit there hunched
with his headphones.
A week would go by,
couldn't get a word out of him.
You wouldn't happen to have
a recent picture of Dayle,
would you?
There's a book to go along
with the reunion,
and there's a page for staff and
it'd be great to include him.
See what we got in here.
You know,
you-you might look down there.
- Is...
- That's all I got.
Never was one for family photos.
It's him. I'm sure of it.
And this guy was a computer nut?
Of course he was the one
who hacked into the Aura.
I cannot believe that this guy
is still obsessed with you.
I also can't believe
that you went to his house.
Yeah, I went to the house.
I had to make sure
I wasn't crazy.
Look, I'm gonna talk to patrol
tomorrow,
and I'm gonna get them
up to speed on all this.
- Okay?
- When you coming home?
I don't know, uh...
Not for at least another hour.
Don't make anything for me,
okay?
I'll pick up something
on the way home.
- I love you.
- Love you, too.
Open the door, Jaslyn.
I know you're in there.
I have to see you.
Please, Jaslyn. Open the door.
Mr. Hendr...
Dayle, what do you want?
I want you to stop being afraid
of me and open the door.
What will happen if I do that?
I'll get to see you
again. That's all.
That's all?
That's all.
Thank you for letting me in,
Jaslyn.
All you had to do was
open the door.
But I'm sorry, I...
I lied to you.
- What was the lie?
- I'm...
I'm not just here to see you.
I want
more than that.
What do you want?
I want...
I want...
I want to
to say I'm sorry.
You're sorry?
For what I did to you
in high school. I...
I convinced myself
that I loved you,
and I-I... I didn't know
how to deal with that.
I made you feel unsafe,
and scared.
I'm here to say I'm sorry.
That's what you wanted?
To say you're sorry?
I'm not asking you
to forgive me.
I just wanted you to hear me.
Dayle.
I wasn't the greatest
in high school.
My friends and I
made fun of you.
We were... we were mean to you.
I'm sorry.
Maybe we can forgive each other.
And in other news,
a missing person's case
has reached a sad conclusion.
Dayle Hendricks had been missing
for just over two months.
Police say his body was
discovered floating
just south of the I-40 overpass,
where it's presumed he took his own life.
Hello?
Hey.
- What're you watching?
- Local news.
- How was your day?
- It was good.
Finally getting this department
in shape.
You know, starting to get
with the plan.
How about you?
You have any more encounters?
No.
I guess you were right.
It was all quiet.
Yeah, see that? Problem solved.
Little reboot,
little change of password.
Little raccoon poison.
- I'm never gonna live this down, huh?
- Never.
What, I got to make a donation
to an animal shelter?
That'd be nice, you murderer.
Hello? Hello?
What is this now?
Please, I'm scared,
and I don't know where I am.
Who is this?
Are you okay?
What happened to you?
I was...
I was at the-the park,
Grace Park,
and s-something happened,
I can't remember.
I can't remember any more.
Please let me in.
- Let me in.
- You know what? Enough of this shit.
This ends here. Whoever's
doing this can fuck off.
You can't you tell that
this is another goddamn prank?
Hey. We're not playing
your goddamn game here.
You understand me?
Just die in whatever
fucking basement you live in.
Oh, my God.
That is not how you...
She's gone.
- Wait, she's gone.
- She's gone.
What are you doing?
Killing our fucking warranty
is what I'm doing.
Look, I know
you want to be safe,
but you're gonna have to be okay
with the security guards
out in the booth.
- We need to talk.
- Uh, yeah, sure.
- Let me just finish reading...
- Finish it later.
Okay.
I drove out to Grace Park today.
I happened upon a memorial
for Mary Jeane Burkett.
I don't know who that is.
She was killed in a hit-and-run.
The driver was drunk,
and he's in prison for 15 years.
Okay, uh, it's terrible.
Um...
why're you telling me this?
I'm telling you this
because Mary Jeane Burkett
is who showed up
at our door yesterday.
And I know
she didn't come here for me,
so she must've come here
for you.
Okay, why are we still talking
about the stupid video doorbell?
I did some research
in the Aura chat rooms,
and this has happened
to other people.
There's a theory
that the new camera
is...
Okay, you know what?
Just watch this.
Now, try to stay
with me. These cameras use
spontaneous parametric
down-conversion,
which is a form
of quantum entanglement.
That's why they can detect light
at only a few photons
- per pixel.
- What is this guy even talking about?
- Just listen.
- Some people say that, - by punching
into the quantum realm,
these babies act
as a magnet for spirits.
That's right.
The dead.
And if you watch
any ghost hunting shows,
you know ghosts are basically
electromagnetic fields.
That's why you see these hunters
running around
with their EMF detectors.
And that, my friends,
is exactly what the Aura is.
I mean, come on.
Ghosts and ghost meters?
Is anything this guy's saying
supposed to make sense?
The other day, when you asked
if there was any more activity
on the Aura,
I said no.
I lied to you.
Mr. Hendricks came back.
And I let him in.
Oh, Jas, come on.
You did what?
He didn't want to hurt me.
He just wanted to apologize.
D...
He just wanted to apologize?
- I don't...
- Yeah.
Just that.
Just sorry.
Okay.
So if that's
if that's what did happen,
um.
Why, then
are we talking about ghosts?
Because Mr. Hendricks
was already dead when he came.
He jumped in a river weeks ago.
Look, Mr. Hendricks
came here for a reason.
And so did Mary Jeane Burkett.
And you need to tell me
what that reason is.
I don't know.
You didn't kill her,
so what does she want with you?
I don't know, Jas.
I don't know who she is
and I don't believe in ghosts
and I really can't believe
that you do.
And it is
so utterly disappointing
that you would let this
disrupt our lives.
What was that?
She's back.
I fished the Aura out
of the trash and I put it back.
It's cracked,
but it still works.
Hello?
Please open the door.
Bryce, what does she want?
I don't... I don't know.
You don't know?
- Okay, I'll ask her then.
- I don't... I don't know what she wants!
- - Who is she?
- I don't know
what she wants.
I don't know who she is.
Who the fuck
is Mary Jeane Burkett?!
Oh, my God. I don't know!
She was my fiancée!
I'm sorry.
I should've told you sooner,
but I just...
I never had the words.
The night that she was killed,
we were at the park.
It was a place we liked to go.
That's where I broke it off.
There were probably
a million reasons, but...
I just wasn't ready.
I didn't think she was the one.
She got angry.
She told me
she never wanted to see me again
and that she would walk home.
So I left. I drove away.
It haunts me every day.
And I know... and-and I know
it doesn't seem that way
because I do a good job
of holding it all in,
but-but
it does, Jas.
She probably just wants
to forgive you.
She probably wants to tell you
that it's not your fault.
I don't think so.
Please, Bryce.
Please, let me in.
Bryce,
don't be afraid.
Bryce, we need to find out what she wants.
She gone?
No, Bryce,
she's not.
Look at him, Bryce.
He was gonna be your son.
What is she talking about,
Bryce?
Tell her, Bryce.
Tell her the truth.
Oh, man. I'm tired.
She was pregnant.
What was I supposed to do?
Couldn't let that happen.
- Neither one of us!
- Why are you fucking yelling at me?!
- Get rid of it!
- Stop it, Bryce!
- Where are you going?
- Can't fucking do this. Where am I going?!
- I don't know...
- Wait, where are you going?
- Stop.
- What are you doing?! Why are you holding me so tight?
- We need to end this. Now.
- We need to end what?
- Bryce, you're hurting me! Stop.
- Stop! Enough! En...
Help!
- Help!
- Please, baby.
Help me. Help me.
Help.
Bryce.
Help. Help.
Help, Bry...
Help.
Please, baby.
Help me. Help me.
Help.
Bryce.
Shh. It's okay, it's okay.
I'm sorry.
It was a baby, Jas.
I couldn't allow that.
Wasn't in the plan.
Oh.
And now neither are you.
You're right, Bryce.
She's not here to forgive you.
Okay.
You're right
about the thermostat.
- Mm.
- I'll get a repairman up here first thing tomorrow.
- Wonderful.
- By the way,
I took the liberty
of installing your Aura
before I came in.
I didn't ask you for that.
Everyone in the building
gets 'em.
It's in the contract.
Keeps the insurance rates down.
Hey, Jas?
Open the door, Jas. It's me.
Look, I know...
I know you're in there.
I just want to talk,
so let me in.
Fuck off, Bryce!
Oh, I can't do that.
Just want to have a word
with my wife.
We need to talk about the plan.
Let me the fuck in, Jas!
Let me the fuck in!
Open the door!
You're my fucking wife!
You answer to me!
You'll never get away from me!
You understand me?! Never!
Open the fucking door!
Jaslyn!
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